Amorphous carbon overcoat for thin-film disk

Tribology International

Volumn 36, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 483-487

  Yamamoto, T ^a   Hyodo, H ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Head disk interface; Overcoat; Thin film media

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CARBON; CORROSION; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; HYDROGENATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SPUTTERING; THIN FILMS;

HARD DISK DRIVES (HDD);

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0037374704     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(02)00240-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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